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WSP Contract No. 81'7636
INTERLO►CAE AGREEMENT
INTERAGENCY NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT TEAM
1. INTRODUCTION
This Agreement is made and entered into in the State of Washington pursuant to the
-provisions of Chapter 39.34 Revised Code of Washington by and among the undersigned
Washington counties, cities, towns, and state agency (the "Pat -ties"). No new or separate legal
or administrative entity is created by this Agreement.
2. RECITALS
The purpose of this Agreement is to define the goals of the Parties, commonly known as the
Interagency. Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET), to wit:
a. To detect and apprehend illegal drug manufacturers and traffickers;
b.. To gather and disseminate, to the fullest extent permitted by law, 'Information
related to illegal drug activity; and
C. To enhance and maintain cooperative efforts among the county's criminal justice
agencies iti the areas of illegal drug control, gang activity, criminal enterprises
and Drug Trafficking Organizations.
3. AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties to this Agreement agree as
follows:
3.1 .Parent .Agency
The "parent agency" shall be the Grant County Sheriff s Office ("GCSO");
PROVIDED THAT: In the event the GC SO declines to serve as the parent agency and
conveys management responsibility to another Party, and such Party agrees to become
the designated parent agency. The parent agency shall have management responsibility
for INET.
3.2 INETAdministrative Board
The INET unit created pursuant to this Agreement shall have oversight from an INET
Administrative Board. The INET Administrative Board shall be composed of:
a. The Grant County Sheriff and/or their designee, who shall be its chair (if
GCSO is not the parent agency, then the chief law enforcement officer
of the parent agency or their designee shall be the chair); and
b. The chief law enforcement officer and/or their designee of each Party
providing personnel on a permanent basis to the INET.
The INET Administrative Board shall meet no less than once each calendar quarter.
Additional meetings may be called by the chair or upon the request from any Party to the
chair. In matters submitted to the INET Administrative Board for a vote, each Party will
have one vote, as per WA RCW 39.34.030 (Joint Powers). Therefore, a quorum for the
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INET Administrative Board shall consist of a simple majority of voting Parties.
The INET Administrative Board shall adopt an INET policy and procedure manual
and adopt amendments to the INET policy and procedure manual as they deem
necessary. If -there are any conflicts between this Agreement and the INET policy
and procedure manual, then this Agreement shall control.
3.3 INET Management
The parent agency will be responsible for providing management and supervision of the
INET personnel and operations. Such supervision will consist of at least an INET Project
Commander (Chief Deputy or similar rank) and an INET Unit Supervisor of the rank of
Sergeant or higher, with both selected by the parent agency from the personnel of the
parent agency. Under the direction of the parent agency,
The Project Commander will:
a. Be accountable for the planning and management of operational
activities; and
b. Be responsible for budget or grant preparation, request control and
reporting.
The Unit Supervisor will:
a. Direct the day-to-day activities* of INET including, but not limited to:
(i) Assignment of investigations and other tasks to unit personnel;
(ii) Scheduling of personnel for INET activities;
(iii) Review and approval of investigative reports;
(iv) Supervision of personnel; and
(v) Coordinate the INET liaison with other law enforcement agencies.
b# Be the principal liaison between the task force and' the assigned
Prosecutor(s) in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office concerning screening
and presentation of cases.
3.4 INET .personnel
Personnel must be certified law enforcement officers and assigned by their respective
agencies to INET. Support personnel and civilians shall meet the hiring standards of the
Grant County Civil Service Commission.
3.5. INET Evidence Handling
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Evidence seized by INET will be the responsibility of the parent agency. Evidence
handling, storage and disposal will be as follows:
a. All evidence will be maintained by the parent agency.
b. Evidence seized by INET personnel shall be maintained by the seizing
detective or INET supervisor. Such evidence shall be packaged, marked
and delivered to the parent agency's Evidence Room, or temporary
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evidence locker at the INET Office, by the end of shift. If the temporary
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evidence storage locker at the INET Office is utilized, the evidence shall
be entered into the parent agency's Evidence Room the following business
day.
C. Seizures of narcotics in excess of one half kilogram will be handled by
two detectives and will be delivered to the parent agency's Evidence
Room as soon as possible after the seizure and prior to the end of shift.
d. All evidence shall be packaged, sealed and marked with the case number,
date of seizure, weight of product, and initialed by the seizing detective
prior to entering the evidence into the Evidence Room.
e. Evidence seized as a result of a methamphetamine lab shall be handled
according to Department of Ecology requirements.
f. Any money found and/or seized shall immediately be called to the
attention of the Unit Supervisor. The monies shall be counted by the
seizing Detective and verified by the Unit Supervisor. Money seized shall
be packaged as evidence, with the amount listed on the outside of the
package and appropriate parent agency money accounting form
completed.
9. All vehicles seized will be inventoried for personal property. The contents
of the vehicle will be inventoried at the time of seizure or if a search
warrant is to be served after the search is completed.
3.6 INET Property Forfeiture
a. When property, both real and personal, is'seized for forfeiture- in a case
that arose from a joint investigation or arrest by INET, the Unit Supervisor
will be responsible for the transfer of such property, document
preparation, and records keeping functions associated with such
forfeiture.
b. Whenever property, both real and personal, is seized or forfeited, it shall be
disposed of in accordance with the provisions of RCW 69.50-505 and
Byrne Grant requirements. The parent agency shall remit to the State of
Washington the required ten percent (10%) assessment of all seizures
(January of each year). Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by the
Parties, the remaining ninety percent (90%) shall be deposited to the INET
109 Drug Fund Account maintained by the parent agency and/or
disposed of in accordance with Federal or State law.
C. Any disagreement pertaining to a decision of the parent agency
pursuant to these provisions for transfer of seized or forfeited property
shall be settled by arbitration, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 7.04
RCW.
d. The audit of forfeiture records will be performed in accordance with the
policy and procedure set forth by the parent agency, at the discretion or
request of any Party.
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3.7 * Participation in INET
a. Parties will furnish the following resources:
i. The parent agency shall provide overall supervision to include a
Division Commander (Special Operations), full-time Sergeant,
full-time detective and support services. The parent agency
contributes funds for support -and services.
ii. Each of the other Parties shall provide a full-time detective from
their agency. A Party may provide additional law enforcement
officers if approved by the parent agency.
b. Law enforcement officers of Parties assigned to INET will report thei'r
general activity to their respective departments as that Party
department may require, INET has a policy and procedure manual for
working narcotics which all Parties are 'Issued and sign for. By a Party
assigning a law enforcement officer to INET, the assigned law
enforcement officer agrees to abide by the INET policy and procedure
manual. Each assigned law enforcement officer is bound by their
individual department policies and procedures inn other areas. If there
are any conflicts between the INET policy and procedure manual and
the assigned law enforcement officer's department policies and
procedures, then the officer's department policies and procedures shall
control.
C. The INET Unit Supervisor will not allow overtime wage obligations
to be generated by officers assigned to INET without the prior
approval of the head of that officer's department or other supervisor
designated by the head of that department as having authority to
authorize overtime.
d. All personnel assigned to INET for any INET functions shall be under
the supervision and control of the parent agency until withdrawn by
that officer's agency. The details of all INET procedures and
operations shall be under the direction of the parent agency.
e. All Parties shall maintain liability insurance, including false arrest
coverage, covering tortuous conduct by its law enforcement officers
assigned to INET with minimum limits of $1,000,000.00. Any Party
may demand proof of such insurance from any or all other Parties at
any time.
3.8 Withdraivalftom INET
It is agreed, acknowledged and understood that any Party hereto may withdraw from this
Agreement at any time by giving 30 -day notice, in writing, of intentions to do so to the Chair
of the INET Administrative Board. In the event of such withdrawal, the Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect as to all remaining Parties.
3.9 Attachments
The Parties agree under Washington's recently passed Keep Washington Working (KWW)
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law, local Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), or amendments thereto, are generally
prohibited from enforcing federal immigration law (see RCW 10.93.160). The Parties agree
under Reproductive Health Care Investigations Law (Governor's Directive 22-12) the WSP is
generally prohibited from cooperating with or providing assistance to out-of-state abortion
and other reproductive health care investigations, prosecutions or other legal actions stated in
Exhibit (attached hereto and incorporated herein),
3.10 Amendments
The recitals are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference. This Agreement
represents the entire integrated agreement between the Parties, superseding all prior
negotiations, representations or agreements, written or oral. No amendment hereto shall
be binding unless the terms thereof are in writing signed by all Parties. No verbal or other
agreements modify or affect this Agreement.
3.11 Effective Date and Duration
This Agreement shall enter into force upon compliance with RCW 39.43.040. The Agreement
shall become effective retroactively from January 1, 2022, and shall expire on December 31,
2025.
3.12 Applicable LauVVenue
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Washington. Venue for any court action involving a dispute under this Agreement shall be
in the Superior Court in Grant County, Washington.
3.13 Severability
If any term, provision, covenant or condition of this Agreement shall be held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the Agreement
shall continue in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated
thereby. To this end, the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.
3.14 Interpretation
This Agreement has been submitted to the scrutiny of the parties and their legal counsel, if
desired, and it shall be given a fair and reasonable interpretation in accordance its words,'
without consideration or weight given to its being drafted by any party or its legal counsel.
3.15 Records
The .parent agency shall be responsible to receive and respond to any public record
request made under Ch. 42.56 RCW to INET or the INET Administrative Board for
records the parent agency is responsible to keep under the INET policy and procedure
manual. Prior" to the release of any INET records to the requestor,.the parent agency
shall provide notice of the records request to the Party that assigned the case number
to the incident, if any; and shall provide that Party at least ten business days before
the release of the records so that the Party has a reasonable opportunity to bring an
action to prevent the release of such records. If no case number has been assigned to
the incident, then the parent agency is under no obligation to provide notice of the
records request to any Patty.
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4. . EXECUTION
This Agreement may be executed in counterpart originals. A copy of each such executed
counterpart original shall be delivered to each party upon that party's execution of a counterpart
original.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the following parties hereto have executed this Agreement on
the dates written below.
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Grant County Sheriff s Office
Rob o --n A—,Chir er Date
urant County Board of County Coffimissioners
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CITY OF
Kieth Siebert, Chief Date
Quincy Police Department
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Paul Worley, Mayor Date
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EXHIBIT A
Keep Washington Working Law
Under Washington's recently passed Keep Washington Working (KwVv) law, local Law
Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) are generally prohibited from enforcing federal immigration
law. See RCW 10.93.160. This prohibition is in recognition of the fact that, standing alone,
an individual's unauthorized presence in the United States is not a violation of state or local
law. Thus, neither LEAs nor any of their members may contract in any way to provide civil or
non -criminal immigration enforcement assistance, including through agreements for task
force participation, mutual aid, data sharing, communications dispatch, or any other
agreement that shares resources and/or provides data as described herein.
Therefore, to comply with KWW, the parties to the Agreement shall not use or share
participating LEAs resources and/or data, including any individuals' personal information
ascertained by a participating LEA or its personnel, with -any third parties or to support or
engage in civil or non -criminal immigration enforcement activities.
The prohibition on information sharing includes place of birth, present location, release date
from detention, if applicable, and family members' names, absent a court order, judicial
warrant, or as may be required by the Public Records Adt (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW.
Incidents of disclosure of such personal information shall be considered a breach of this
agreement and shall be reported to the participating LEAs designated official,
Reproductive Health Care Investigations Law
Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 9.02.110, RCW 9,02.120, and the Governor's Directive
22-12 dated June 30, 2022, the WSP is generally prohibited from cooperating with or
p *ding assistance to out-of-state abortion and other reproductive health ' care
providing
investigations, prosecutions or other legal actions.
Neither *WSP, nor any of its employees or subdivisions may contract in any way to provide
civil or criminal cooperation or assistance with abortion and other reproductive health care
investigations, prosecutions or other legal actions, including through agreements for task
force participation, mutual aid, data sharing, communications dispatch, or any other
agreement that shares resources and/or provides data as described herein. WSP shall not
use or share WSP resources and/or data, including any individuals' personal information
ascertained by the WSP or its personnel, with any third parties to support or engage in
abortion or other reproductive health care investigations, prcisecutions or other legal actions.
Therefore, to comply with Governor's directive 22-12 and applicable statutes, the parties to
the Agreement shall not use or share WSP resources and/or data, including any individuals'
personal information ascertained by the WSP or its personnel, with any third parties or to
support or engage abortion or other reproductive health care investigations, prosecutions, or
other legal actions.
The prohibition on information sharing includes place of birth, present location, release date
from detention, if applicable, reproductive health care history, and family members' names,
absent a court order, judicial warrant, except as may be required by the Public Records Act
(PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW. Incidents of disclosure of such personal information shall be
considered a breach of this agreement and shall be reported to a designated WSP official.
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